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/ 18 October 2002
The Diamond Board has added damning new charges to its case against its CEO Victor Sibiya, whom it accuses of failing to disclose business ties with a director of a company that won a major government diamond-related contract. The new charges were handed to his lawyers last month.
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/ 18 October 2002
A tale of intrigue and hit lists has emerged in a murder trial that has been linked to the pending treason trial of a group of rightwingers. The methods allegedly used by the police have been questioned by the wife and former business partner of one of the men facing treason charges.
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/ 18 October 2002
The leadership of the SA Chamber of Business (Sacob) was confident on Thursday that two days of behind-closed-doors discussions in East London this week would help to refocus the embattled organisation.
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/ 18 October 2002
South Africa went into lunch on the opening day of their historic Test against Bangladesh at Buffalo Park at 106 for the loss of Hershelle Gibbs.
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/ 17 October 2002
The head of Africa Helps Africa, a humanitarian organisation in Senegal, was dismissed this week after committing ”extremely serious errors”.
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/ 17 October 2002
Medinfo, the medical information consultancy, has issued a warning to people travelling to Zimbabwe after deaths due to cholera were confirmed by the local government. Cholera has claimed the lives of 24 people in Zimbabwe in the past month.
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/ 17 October 2002
Cape Town will impose a six-month moratorium on evictions for rates and rent arrears when the African National Congress-New National Party coalition takes power in the unicity early next month.
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/ 17 October 2002
The road to Ingwavuma goes through a dustbowl. The veld is parched and the trees are stunted. Piles of firewood lie on the side of the road, awaiting potential buyers on their way to Sodwana and Kosi Bay. But no one can be seen near this loot.
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/ 17 October 2002
The only way to finance empowerment in the mining industry is for big mining houses to guarantee loans made to empowerment players, said David Hall, a senior mining analysts at Merrill Lynch.